Burt Opera House
In 1888, this settlement was named in honor of Wellington R. Burt, the lumber tycoon who arranged for the Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad to run through this village. During his 1888 gubernatorial campaign, Burt . . . — — Map (db m180508) HM
In the 1860s and 1870s Scottish, Irish and English immigrants, attracted by the lumber boom, settled in Taymouth Township. In 1873 they established St. Paul's Episcopal Mission and the following year built this Gothic Revival-inspired church. The . . . — — Map (db m180505) HM
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George M. Nason (1859-1929) built this house in 1907-08. The Nason family had emigrated from Northampton, England, to Buffalo, New York, in 1832. George’s father, Robert (1831-1907), came to Chesaning in 1852 and engaged in . . . — — Map (db m180643) HM
Leamington and Madeline Stewart built this Queen Anne house in 1895-97. The house was based on Design No. 53 in George F. Barber’s The Cottage Souvenir No. 2, a pattern book published in 1891. Barber advertised the house’s cost at $5,250. . . . — — Map (db m180641) HM
Frankenmuth
The settlement of Frankenmuth and the organization of Saint Lorenz Evangelical Lutheran Church occurred simultaneously. Pastor Wilhelm Loehe of Neuendettelsau, Bavaria, was inspired to establish a German Lutheran colony by . . . — — Map (db m168040) HM
Side A:
The village of Frankenmuth began as a German community in 1845. Its first settlers were among the German immigrants who left their homeland because of poor farming conditions and political unrest. Frankenmuth also attracted people . . . — — Map (db m156446) HM
This plaque is issued by the
Historical Society of Michigan
in recognition of
Frankenmuth
Bavarian Inn Restaurant
founded in 1888
for more than 100 years of
continuous operation in service
to the people of Michigan
and for . . . — — Map (db m101555) HM
This plaque is issued by the
Historical Society of Michigan
in recognition of
Frankenmuth
Woolen Mill
Founded in 1894
for more than 100 years of
continuous operation in service
to the people of Michigan
and for contributing to . . . — — Map (db m101549) HM
While W. Christian Gugel (1874-1930) was the treasurer of Saginaw County (1915-1920), he used his influence to ensure that the Dixie Hwy. Bridge was moved to span the Cass River at the Beyer Rd. location near his farm.
Because of his efforts it . . . — — Map (db m121627) HM
Side 1
Built in 1904, this 204-foot-long bridge carried the Detroit and Saginaw Turnpike over the Cass River in Bridgeport Township. By around 1919 the pike, which had become the well-traveled Dixie Highway, required a more substantial . . . — — Map (db m181462) HM
Marv Herzog, a proud native son, promoted Frankenmuth and its German/Bavarian heritage for over 56 years throughout the USA and Europe with his unique style as a polk accordionist, band leader and as one of its key ambassadors of goodwill.
. . . — — Map (db m206518) HM
Fifteen German immigrants from Franconia, Bavaria, led by the Rev. August Craemer, founded Frankenmuth in 1845. They were advised to settle here by the Rev. Frederick Schmid, Lutheran pastor of Ann Arbor's German colony, founded in the 1820's. Other . . . — — Map (db m92070) HM
A Michigan Centennial Business, the Frankenmuth Woolen Mill is recognized as the oldest, continuously operated woolen mill in Michigan. The original mill structure is still in use and remains the same today as when first opened in October of 1894. A . . . — — Map (db m168214) HM
Oscar and Evelyn Rau (left panel)
Originally established as the Hotel Goetz in 1902, Rau's Country Store, Inc. has been a family favorite since 1964. Oscar and Evelyn started Rau's Country Store, Inc. as Michigan's Most Unique Country . . . — — Map (db m181456) HM
This plaque is issued by the
Historical Society of Michigan
in recognition of
Star of the West
Milling company
Founded in 1870
For more than 100 years of
continuous operation in service
to the people of Michigan
and for . . . — — Map (db m120827) HM
Frankenmuth´s first restaurant, the Exchange Hotel, opened on this site in 1856. In 1900 John Hubinger built the New Exchange Hotel here. William Zehnder, Sr. and his wife, Emilie, acquired the restaurant in 1928. They remodeled the hotel in an . . . — — Map (db m168062) HM
Saint Michael Catholic ParishJoseph Voith, a German Catholic originally from Bavaria, settled Maple Grove Township in 1854. His brother-in-law, George Henige, hosted Maple Grove’s first Catholic mass on April 17, 1865. Three other Bavarian . . . — — Map (db m180640) HM
Benjamin and Adelaide Cushway
Benjamin (1810-1881) and Adelaide (1812-1877) Cushway (formerly Cauchois) were prominent settlers in the Saginaw Valley. Both descended from early French-Canadian families of Detroit. Between 1827 and 1834, . . . — — Map (db m180583) HM
Aaron T. Bliss, governor of Michigan from 1900 to 1904, donated this parkland to the city of Saginaw in 1903. The Cottage Garden Company of Queens, New York, created an artistic plan that made the park seem larger than its actual size. The completed . . . — — Map (db m168081) HM
This figure is the remaining part of a fountain given to the city by former Governor Aaron T. Bliss in 1902 and placed in Old Federal Park as a memorial to his comrades who fell in the battles of the Civil War.
In 1936, prior to the . . . — — Map (db m181904) HM
This monument is dedicated to Attorney Carl Cardwell Poston, Jr. for his outstanding public and private work in the city of Saginaw. Carl C. Poston, Jr. stood as a legal pioneer in the African American community and a professional giant in the . . . — — Map (db m181912) HM
The Court Street Bridge was built in 1898 and rebuilt in 1940 by W.J. Meagher of Bay City, Mich. Here lies an original piece of the bridge taken during the 1940 reconstruction. Samples were taken from each concrete load to ensure that all the . . . — — Map (db m182348) HM
Members of the First Congregational Church of Saginaw formally gathered in 1857. They laid the cornerstone of this Romanesque Revival church in 1867, and the church was completed the following year according to plans by Gordon W. Lloyd of Detroit. . . . — — Map (db m180590) HM
The Reverend Hiram L. Miller and twelve others founded this church, the first in the Saginaw Valley, on March 1, 1838. They first worshiped at a carpentry shop on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Ames Street. The congregation erected a white . . . — — Map (db m168097) HM
This tablet
marks the site of
Fort Saginaw
built in 1822
Erected by
Saginaw Federation
of Women's Clubs
and
Daughters of the
American Revolution
in 1916 — — Map (db m181840) HM
This park is dedicated in honor of Judge Borchard's more than 50 years of service as a municipal judge, probate judge and circuit judge and in recognition as Michigan's longest serving jurist.
His life has been one of unselfish effort, . . . — — Map (db m181952) HM
Spaulding Township was organized in 1858. Thirteen years later, Peter and Orissa Hess deeded this site to the first school district of the township for the sum of ten dollars. That structure was replaced in 1915. Ten years later, fire destroyed the . . . — — Map (db m180572) HM
Local architect Donald A. Kimball designed this shelter and field house in 1938. Funded by the federal Works Progress Administration, it incorporated Bay Port stone from the razed Darmstaetter Brewery located at the south end of the park. With . . . — — Map (db m180588) HM
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The Jeffers Memorial Fountain and Park was dedicated on May 30, 1906, and named for real estate developer and early Saginaw settler Michael Jeffers (1831-1904). His heirs donated the land, then a block of storefronts, to the . . . — — Map (db m180599) HM
Begun in 1865 as a Sunday School for children of this area, the Presbyterian Church of South Saginaw was formally organized on November 10, 1866. Shortly afterwards, the congregation purchased a small building on the corner of Washington and . . . — — Map (db m180579) HM
Organized April 18, 1889, the club's membership was comprised of most of the leading business and civic figures of Saginaw. One of the first items of business was preparation for a club house. Architect W.T. Cooper furnished plans, and ground was . . . — — Map (db m180593) HM
In Honor
And Memory Of Those
From Saginaw County
Who Have Honorably
Served Our Great
Nation During Time
Of War And Peace
May Their Sacrifices
Never Be Forgotten — — Map (db m182347) WM
“Oil men optimistic as first well shot, shows results,” reported the August 29, 1925, edition of the Saginaw News. Michigan’s first oil field had been discovered the previous week at this site, known as Deindorfer Woods. The Saginaw . . . — — Map (db m168080) HM
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In 1889, at the urging of Saginaw Congressman (later governor) Aaron Bliss, the Congress appropriated one hundred thousand dollars for the construction of a new federal building in Saginaw. During the next several years the . . . — — Map (db m180597) HM
The Saginaw River Watershed has been crucial in the development of Michigan. In the 1830s when white settlers moved into the area, they discovered the rich timberlands and hundreds of miles of rivers, providing an excellent base for lumbering which . . . — — Map (db m168087) HM
The need for medical facilities in fast-growing Saginaw valley led Father Francis Van der Bom and Dr. Benjamin B. Ross to organize support for a hospital. It opened with the arrival of four Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul on August 22, . . . — — Map (db m180625) HM
The Saginaw Evening News declared the Hoyt Library "a noble institution" and "the pride of all Saginawians" when it opened in October 1890. The library was a gift to the people of Saginaw from New York businessman Jesse Hoyt (1815-1882), who . . . — — Map (db m180603) HM
Theodore H. Roethke Childhood Home
Distinguished poet Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) was born in Saginaw and grew up in this house. The house was built around 1911 for his parents, Otto and Helen Roethke. Otto's borther Carl lived . . . — — Map (db m106656) HM
On this spot
on the 24th day of
September, A.D. 1819
General Lewis Cass
made and executed a Treaty with
Chippewa Indians of Saginaw
by which they ceded
the largest part of their lands
situated in
Northeastern Michigan to the . . . — — Map (db m182296) HM
Woodland Trail — right side, top left panel
[Trail map]Bottomland Hardwood Forest — right side, top right panel
Less than 2 percent of Michigan's forests are forested wetlands, yet they provide . . . — — Map (db m206452) HM
In 1852 Hiram Davis built the first house in St. Charles here, at "the forks" of the Bad River. The log house measured 18 by 26 feet. Only rough trails existed at the time so goods were transported by canoe or raft or pack. Davis helped build the . . . — — Map (db m180382) HM
St. Charles Seventh Day Adventist Church, organized in 1860 by the Schaupp Bros. Charles, Adolph & Edward. The present building was built in 1862 for the price of $2,500.00, foundation was laid by Oscar Burt. The original key, a large gold one now . . . — — Map (db m182029) HM
Coal was first mined in Michigan in the 1830s in Jackson County, and that area led in production through the 1880s. In the next decade dozens of mines were opened in Bay, Saginaw, and Shiawasee counties, producing thousands of tons of coal annually. . . . — — Map (db m180658) HM
In 1896 John Schroeder built this one and one-half story log home for his family on a farm about a mile west of Freeland. His son George resided there until 1968. Exhibiting hand-hewn, notched white pine logs, boarded gables and a wood shingled . . . — — Map (db m180660) HM
